Belgium Yesterday was marked by several tragedies and ongoing emergency responses, alongside budget talks and a notable moment involving Romelu Lukaku and Leandro Trossard.
Algerian rescuers found the body of a 10-year-old boy on Saturday after he fell into a well. The fall occurred in an 80-metre-deep well located about 550 kilometres south of Algiers. Civil Protection reported the fatal outcome of the rescue operation carried out at the site.
Romelu Lukaku and Leandro Trossard, teammates for Belgium, faced each other in Turkey on Saturday. Lukaku drew attention during the match with a strong tackle on Trossard. The forward was hurt but was nevertheless able to continue playing for his team.
A gas leak caused a house to explode in Aubervilliers, north of Paris, on Saturday evening, the mayor said. One child died and seven people were injured. Two of the injured are in critical condition, according to municipal authorities. Aubervilliers is a commune in Paris’s immediate northern suburbs.
A 28-year-old woman was violently killed in Anderlecht. Her body was found on 28 August in the Brussels municipality, the Brussels public prosecutor’s office confirms. The prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation into the circumstances of her death. The case will now be further investigated by the competent judicial authorities.
A bomb threat was made by phone at Merksplas prison last night. Police are taking the report seriously and immediately opened an investigation. According to the report, the bomb would explode during the strike starting tomorrow in all Belgian prisons. Police are investigating the report further.
Restoring Belgium’s federal finances would require finding €10 billion, a sum presented as a bogeyman. According to an analysis published by Het Laatste Nieuws, finding the money would not be the hardest part for the Arizona coalition. Three economists examine the measures currently being considered to put the federal budget on a sound footing.
Three weeks after the fire began in the Fagnes, 110 people remain mobilized to contain it. On the eastern front, two new firefighting systems are currently being tested. These devices are intended to help secure sensitive areas and strengthen the operations being carried out by teams on the ground against the fire.
The bodies of two Breton fishermen who went missing when the French trawler Maranello sank have been found off the United Kingdom. The Saint-Brieuc prosecutor’s office in western France announced the discovery on Saturday. The two sailors were swept away when the vessel sank in those waters.
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